LEGUMINOSiE. LV. Aspalathus. 



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Small'Jloivered Aspalathus. Shrub 2 to 4 feet. 



T? . G. Branches tomentose. Leaves hardly 1 line Ion 



cr 



22 A. iNCOMPTA (Thunb. fl. cap. 579.) leaves in fascicles, Flowers yellow. 



filiform, obtuse, silky; flowers lateral. Tj • Cr. Branches re- 

 troflexed, clothed with very fine pubescence. Leaves a nail 

 long. Flowers yellow ; the vexillum hairy. 

 Unsightly Aspalathus. Shrub 2 to 4 feet. 



Fat Aspalathus. Shrub 2 to 4 feet. 



32 A. CRASsiFOLiA (Andr. hot. rep. 351.) leaves in fascicles, 

 fleshy, terete, glabrous, setaceous at the apex ; flowers capitate, 

 terminal ; calyx bracteate. ^2 . G. Ait. hort. kew.ed. 2. vol. 4. 



23 A. ASPARAGoiDKS (Lin. fil. suppl. 321. Thunb. fl. cap. p. 263. Flowers yellow. 



579.) leaves in fascicles, subulate, trigonal, mucronate, rather 

 pilose ; flowers axillary ; calycine segments subulate, rather 

 pilose, about equal in length to the corolla. T2 • ^« Vexillum 

 and keel densely clothed with silky-velvety down, but with the 



Thick-leaved Aspalathus. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1800. Shrub 

 2 to 4 feet. 



S3 A. AFFiNis (Thunb. fl. cap. 580.) leaves in fascicles, fleshy, 



; flowers lateral, bractless ; branches twiggy. 



wmo-s fflabrous. 



Hairs on the calyx tuberculate at the base. 



terete, 



. G. 



glabrous 



^ 



Flowers yellow. 



Asparagus-like Aspalathus. 

 2 to 4 feet. 



Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1812. Sh. 



Legume ovate, glabro 

 Allied Aspalathus. Fl. June, July. Clt. I8i2. 



Sh. 2 to 4 ft. 



34 A. SANGUiNEA (Thuub. fl. cap. 580.) leaves in fascicles. 



24 A. coRRUDiEForiA (Berg, cap 

 fihform, mucronately pungent, smoothish, stiff; branches pu- 

 bescent ; flowers axillary, solitary ; bracteas and calycine seg- 

 ments ending in a spinv mucrone. b . G. Burch. cat. no. 

 3320. 



207.) leaves in fascicles, fleshy, terete, glabrous; flowers lateral, bractless; branches 



Leaves one line long. 



in a spmy mucrone. 

 Calyxes and legumes villous. 



Vexillum and keel rather 



o 



puberulous. 



Wifd Asparagus-leaved Aspalathus. Shrub 2 to 4 feet. 

 5 A. incu'rva (Thunb. fl. cap. 578.) leaves in fascicles, su- 

 bulate, mucronulate, rather pilose ; flowers axillary, solitary ; 

 legume ovate-lanceolate, rather oblique, very hairy. Tj • Gr. 

 Leaves sometimes almost smooth, 4 lines long, 

 long, rather turgid. Calyx villous, with the teeth subulate. 



Incurved'lesived Aspalathus. Shrub 2 to 4 feet. 



26 A. NIGRA (Lin. mant. 262.) leaves in fascicles, filiform, 

 glabrous ; branches pubescent ; flowers capitate, at length dis- 

 posed in an ovate spike ; calyx and corolla villous. 1^2 . G. 



fastigiate. I2 • G- Flowers blood-coloured, smooth, on very 

 short pedicels. 



^/ootZ-coloured-llowered Aspalathus. Shrub 2 to 4 feet. 



35 A. la'ctea (Thunb. fl. cap. 580.) leaves in fascicles, fili- 

 form, glabrous, retuse ; flowers lateral, bractless. T2 . G. A 

 pubescent shrub, with spreading leaves, and whitish-yellow, 



smooth flowers. 



iV/i//:-coloured-flowered Aspalathus. Shrub 2 to 4 feet. 



36 A. GENisToiDEs (Lin. mant. 261.) leaves in fascicles, fili- 



Legmne 5 lines 



form 



cine teeth short. 



, glabrous ; 



long. 



flowers terminal, subracemose, glabrous ; caly- 

 T? . G. Flowers yellow. Leaves half an inch 



Thunb. fl. cap. 581. 



Calyx and corolla pubescent. 



Shrub 9 feet. 



Flowers yellow. Leaves bluntish. 



Black Aspalathus. Shrub 2 to 4 feet. 



Genista-like Aspalathus. 



37 A. SQUARROSA (Tlumb. prod. 128.) leaves in fascicles, fili- 



. G. 



form, reflexed, 



glabrous 



flowers solitary, terminal. T2 



Bracteas 



27 A. MULTiFLORA (Thuub. fl. cap. 580.) leaves in fascicles, 



like 



terete, obtuse, glabrous ; flowers disposed in something 

 spikes ; calyxes bractless ; branches, calyx, and corolla pubes- 

 cent, h . G. Leaves hardly a line in length. A. multiflora, procumbent. 



Sieb. exsic. cap. no. 49. is very different. 



A. squamosa, Thunb. fl. cap. 581. Flowers yellow. 



3, under the calyx filiform. Calyx and the vexillum pubescent- 



Squarrose Aspalathus. Fl, Jul. Aug. Clt. 1823. Sh. 2 to 4 ft. 



A. GALioiDES (Berg. cap. 210.) leaves in fascicles, subu* 



late, unarmed, glabrous ; flowers twin, terminal, smooth ; stem 



Buds remote. 



38 



f2 . G. 7/ . Berg. 



Calyx smooth. 



Many-Jlowered Aspalathus. 

 Shrub 2 to 4 feet. 



Fl. July, 



Aug. 



Clt. 1818. 



Legume ovate-lanceolate, smoothish. 



Galium-like Aspalathus. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1817. Shrub 



procumbent. 



39 A. retrofle'xa (Lin. spec. 1001.) leaves in fascicles, su- 



u cicles, terete, pubescently hairy ; flowers terminal and axillary, bulate, glabrous ; branchlets filiform, retroflexed, or much 



28 A. cymb^f6rmis (D. C. prod. 2. p. 140.) leaves in fas- 



usually solitary ; 

 obtuse. 



segments of the calyx ovate, boat-shaped, spreading; flowers terminal, usually solitary. ^. G. Calyx 



I? . G. 



Corolla clothed with silky villi. 



_ , A. uniflora, Lam. diet. 1. p. 285. but not of 



Lin. 



Var, a, hirta (D. C. prod. 2. p. 140.) leaves hairy, much 



crowded ; flowers smaller. 



Var. /3, puhescens (D. C, 1. c.) leaves pubescent, rather dis- 

 tant : 



flowers larger. 

 Boat-shaj)€d-se^3\\ei}i Aspalathus. 



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Shrub 2 to 4 feet. 



A. UNIFLORA (Lin. spec. 1001. but not of Lam. ex mus. 

 hort. par.) leaves in fascicles, filiform, mucronate, glabrous ; 

 flowers lateral, solitary ; calycine segments ovate, boat-shaped, 

 obtuse. fj . G.— Pluk. mant. 88. t. 413. f. 7. ex Lin. Sti- 

 pulas permanent, according to Lin. Keel of corolla tomentose. 



pubescent, 5-cleft; lobes subulate. Corolla glabrous; petals 

 about equal. Legume 1-2-secded, obliquely lanceolate, young 

 ones rather villous, at length pubescent. 



Retroflexed Aspalathus. Shrub 2 to 4 feet. 



40 A. vu'lneraxs (Thunb. fl. cap. 582.) leaves in fascicles, 

 filiform, mucronate, spreading, glabrous ; flowers lateral, droop- 



^ . G. Corolla yellow, smooth. Branches and calyxes 



ing. 

 pubescent. 



Shrub 2 to 4 feet. 



Healing Aspalathus. 



41 A. PiNEA (Thunb. 1. c.) leaves in fascicles, filiform, mu- 



Shrub 



One-flowered Aspalathus. 

 2 to 3 feet. 



Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1812. Shrub 



cronate, erect, glabrous ; flowers lateral, tufted, 

 smooth. Calyx and vexillum hairy. 



Shrub 2 to 4 feet. 



Tj. G. 



rine-Vike Aspalathus. 



30 



42 A. divarica'ta (Thunb. 1. c.) leaves in fascicles, terete, 



A. cARKosA (Lin. mant. 261.) leaves in fascicles, fleshy, acutely mucronate, glabrous ; flowers in terminal racemes. T?.G. 



terete, obtuse, glabrous ; flowers terminal, 

 bracteate ; calycine segments ovate, obtuse. 

 206. Sims " ~" 



in fours, capitate, 

 Tj . G. Berg. cap. 



bot. mag. 1289. Flowers very smooth, yellow. 

 This species is allied to the two preceding in the calycine seg- 

 ments being obtuse. 



Fleshy Aspalathus. 

 to 4 feet. 



Fl. May, June. Clt. 1795. Shrub 2 



31 A.PiNoris (Thunb. fl. cap. 580 ) leaves in fascicles, fleshy, 

 ovate, trigonal, obtuse, glabrous ; flowers lateral, glabrous. 



VOL. II. 



Branches brow^n, divaricate. Branchlets pubescent. Flowers 

 yellow, pubescent. 



Divaricate Aspalathus. Shrub 2 to 4 feet. 



43 A. subula'ta (Thunb. 1. c.) leaves in fascicles, rather 

 fleshy, trigonal, mucronate, glabrous. ^ . G. Shrub branched 

 above ; branches tomentose. Flowers terminal, sessile, usually 

 tern, glabrous, yellow. Calyx pubescent. 



Suhulate-\Gdi\edi Aspalathus. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1789. Sh. 

 1 to 2 feet. ' 



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